Flag of Batsweda

Republic of Batsweda

Name	Sahrabic: علم البهودة
Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	December 24, 1960 (1960-12-24)
Design	Four horizontal stripes of white, red, yellow and green.
Designed by	Elizabeth Donkor

The national flag of Batsweda (Sahrabic: علم البهودة, Eaʿlam āl-Bahūda) consists of four stripes of white, red, yellow and green arranged horizontally. First adopted in 1960 after the country's independence from the Pepper Coast Company, the design has remained consistent under four constitutions and three civil conflicts.

History

The first attested flag used in a modern fashion in present-day Batsewda was the banner of the Sarafid Empire during the Early Middle Ages, during the Empire's rule over the region. Early flags denoted

Historical flags

Flag	Years of use	Ratio	Government	Description
	416–756	N/A	As part of the Sarafid Empire
	c. 1550	N/A	Batswedan Empire
	1824–1960	2:3	Pepper Coast
	1917–1960	2:3
	1960–1960	2:3	People's Republic of Batsweda
	1960–present	2:3
			Republic of Batsweda
			Kingdom of Batsweda
			Republic of Batsweda

Design

Construction

Construction sheet for the flag of Batsweda

Proportions and colours

The official proportions of the flag of Batsweda, in accordance with the country's first constitution, is 2:3. The flag's colours are also defined in the constitution, and confirmed with hexadecimal values in the 2005 Digital National Symbols Act, intended for the flag's use on the Internet and digital media.

	White	Red	Yellow	Green
RGB	255/255/255	204/0/0	255/204/0	0/153/0
Hexadecimal	#FFFFFF	#CC0000	#FFCC00	#009900
CMYK	0/0/0/0	0/100/100/20	0/20/100/0	100/0/100/40
Pantone	White	186 C	Yellow C	7739 C